Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Name

• Afrotyphlops lineolatus (Jan, 1864)

Holotype: ZMUU 725, collected by A. Afzel between late 1700s–early 1800s.

Type locality: “Sierra-Leona”.

Combinations

• Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) lineolatus Jan, 1864: 24 [original combination]
• Onychocepahlus lineolatus — Bocage, 1873: 250 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinotyphlops lineolatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops lineolatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 39 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1864. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 9. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils: Paris.
• Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2009. A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species. Zootaxa 2255: 1–100. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops lineolatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Lineolate Blind Snake